November 12, 2009, 11:47 pm
With the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago we are now subject to interpretations of what the event meant and what it means for us today. Notable comparisons that have been drawn include contemporary economic barriers and other more material walls, infamously in the occupied Palestinian territories or the proposed US/Mexico wall.
Ramesh Jaura is the Chief Editor of Global Perspectives, a monthly magazine for international co-operation published by Global Cooperation Council and IPS-Inter Press Service Europe in Germany. He is also global editor of IDN-InDepthNews, an intelligent news analysis service on issues that impact the world.
This interview was broadcast on Radio Adelaide on the 11th of November.
November 4, 2009, 10:10 am
The major issues in the lead up to the Copenhagen climate change summit are the ecological debt that the global north owes the global south, the extent of emissions targets to be set and whether carbon trading can work as a mechanism to reach those targets.
None of these issues will be adequately addressed without pressure from within the summit from climate change effected third world countries and civil society groups from both the north and south pressuring governments into significant action.
Patrick Bond is the director of the Centre for Civil Society in Durban, South Africa.
Sean Robinson started by asking Patrick to give us an indication of how climate change is so devastating to the global south.
This interview was broadcast on Radio Adelaide on the 4th of November.
